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BrightSign Powers New Digital Kiosks at Sam’s Club

Kollins Communications recently partnered with BrightSign and Visual Communications to create a best-in-class, in-store digital customer experience at Sam’s Club stores throughout the United States.

Kollins Communications recently partnered with BrightSign and Visual Communications to create a best-in-class, in-store digital customer experience at Sam’s Club stores throughout the United States. The fully digital project, which was commissioned by AT&T Services, encompassed a comprehensive digital retail kiosk to merchandise AT&T Wireless, TV and Broadband without conventional printed signage or price tags of any sort.

 

AT&T Services tasked Kollins Communications with creating a compelling kiosk display to give customers a fresh point of sale experience in this high-traffic, big box retail setting. It was important to present a consistent image to reinforce AT&T’s brand exclusivity and identity in every store, and to encourage an intimate environment for customers to shop and discover new products.

The motivation to implement an all-digital solution was driven by the need to enable instant updating of product offerings and pricing — solving the paper price-tag, graphics and poster updating lag on nationwide deployments. Transitioning to a digital platform also made it possible to explain details about the various phones and other devices on display, using digital price tag video screens in lieu of traditional placards.

Functionally, AT&T Services wanted to be able to remotely monitor the kiosks for operability and functionality, while also being easily serviceable in the field with plug-and-play components. And reliability was key, demanding the highest level of kiosk uptime and 24/7 support to quickly resolve any issues as they arise.

AT&T’s new digital kiosks enable customers to take an in-depth look at its 5G Wireless, TV and Broadband offerings. Rich, informative content is distributed to multiple digital screens by BrightSign’s media players. An attract loop playing on a pair of 50-inch monitors prompts visitors to view current exclusive AT&T/Sam’s Club offers, while three 4×38-inch LCD digital price tag screens display animated pricing, manufacturers’ features & benefits, terms & conditions, and promotions.

Apple and Samsung devices are available for customer evaluation, secured on MTI product stands with charging cables centralized out of sight. The placement of devices varies by Club, and the digital displays are easily adjusted to reflect orientation variations via a seamless CMS interface.

 

Special care was taken to ensure the kiosks were durable enough to perform flawlessly in this high-traffic, heavy-use retail setting. Using network commands through BrightSign players, the kiosks go into a sleep mode approximately 30 minutes before and after Club hours to conserve power and extend digital screen life. The Samsung commercial displays also receive a repeating reset command throughout the day to ensure they are using the correct settings, and to avoid tampering. Lastly, every kiosk features its own “toolbox” with necessary tools, spare parts and cleaning supplies to keep the kiosk functional and looking like new.

 

Kollins Communications turned to BrightSign for this large-scale deployment where reliability was a key priority. Between January and April 2021, a total of 569 kiosks were installed in Sam’s Club stores in every US state, with the exception of Alaska. Kiosks arrived at each location pre-assembled, with each having been tested while in an 85% assembled state, allowing for installations including electrical, data and assembly to be completed on site in less than four hours. Between one and 16 kiosks were installed each night, all of which were fully operational by the following morning.

 

The project easily achieved the intended objectives of featuring AT&T’s recently launched exclusive marketing arrangement at Sam’s Club, offering a brand-specific digital experience. Even with recent pandemic-related restrictions on Club traffic, reports on customer interaction along with dramatically increased sales transactions lend credibility to the investment in the kiosk and accompanying ongoing support.

 

 

About BrightSign®

BrightSign LLC, the global market leader in digital signage media players, is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with offices in Europe and Asia. BrightSign manufactures media players and provides free software and networking solutions for the commercial digital signage market worldwide, serving all vertical segments of the digital signage marketplace. From entry-level BrightSign LS players to BrightSign XT players offering state-of-the-art technology and unsurpassed performance, BrightSign’s products are known for their signature reliability, affordability, ease-of-use, and market-leading technology. For more information, visit www.brightsign.biz. Follow BrightSign at http://twitter.com/brightsign and http://www.facebook.com/BrightSignLLC.

 

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